Saturday 21 May 2011

Cas-ual Fridays Bling, Pearls and Glitter

I am like a magpie, drawn to anything sparkly, so when this Cas-ual Friday challenge was announced I just had to play along. The only problem was what to pick, Glitter, Gems or Pearls????? Well you guessed it I couldn't choose and so used all three!


Close up of flower


The Chearful flower 4160K from Penny Black  was stamped onto lilac cardstock twice with memento lilac posies ink and the leaves onto white card with memento cottage Ivy ink.  The bottom flower was cut out and then coloured with copic V06 and the remaining flower given shading with copics V06; V15  & V12  and cut out. Now to the glitter.... I added rock candy distress stickles with my finger to the bottom flower  and stardust stickles to parts of the petal on the top flower, the centre was then glittered with Grapz and purple gems added around the edge.  The leaves were cut out and coloured with Copics G94 & YG67 curled slightly and glued onto white card (which had been dry embossed around the edge and a fine line drawn with a black marker Pen)....but wait I haven't used any peals yet! Not a problem, I love this beautiful sentiment from Penny Black Friendship 4176K, and it fits perfectly in the other corner of my card to add balance to the flower...and guess what I can use the pearls to add a dotted line at the end of the sentiment!


Well I just had to add a matching envelope for this card, don't forget the challenge to decorate an envelope for Penny Black runs until tomorrow night. coloured with prisma pencils and liquid pearls and glitter added.

Thanks for visiting and all your lovely comments, they really make my day!

16 comments:

Michele Gross said...

You have knocked my socks off! I've been staring at your card with my jaw dropped for a while now. Your colors and dimension are fantastic and the bit of sparkle makes it magical! LOVE this to pieces!! Thank you so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Virginia L. said...

Aw... my Cathy!! This is SO stunning!! I love the gems in this as they brought out the beautiful colors with this Daisy! You rock this challenge, sista! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays! xoxo

Virginia L. said...

and oh... I miss our FAB time in London!! It's been a YEAR!! Miss ya!

Unknown said...

This is fantastic- love the way you treated the flower..it just pops off the page!! Thanks for such a wonderful idea!

Tiffany Ervin said...

Oh my! So remarkably beautiful, the flower really comes to life, Cathy! In love with this card, swooning!

Barb said...

Fabulous dimension on your gorgeous flower, Cathy! Love the bit of glitter!

Arlene said...

Fantastic colors and design. Love the flower.

judkajudi said...

Cathy, this flower card is stunning! I checked out the stamp and it is hard to believe your flower came from that sketch flower! You truly brought it to life!

Karen B. said...

Love the dimension of your card and the fact that you've incorporated ALL three of your fun bling items! Yeah! Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!

Kryssi said...

I loveee the big bold flower and the dusts of shine! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Tui Nathan said...

Oooh .... that flower just pops right off the card ... love love love it!!!

Laurie said...

This is so pretty! I am in awe if that flower!! Gorgeous!! Thanks so much for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!

Elizabeth Allan said...

Cathy this card glows. The gems and sparkle are the perfect touches. Beautiful envelope too!

farmhouse-story said...

such a gorgeous flower, cathy:)

Laura Davis said...

WOW this is fantastic!
Thanks for playing at CAS-ual Fridays!
Laura

Jaclyn Miller said...

Wow, your flower almost looks like porcelain. So pretty. Thank you for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays.